Being an Early Adopter of New Technology Can Separate a Business From the Pack

Jerome Stephens opened a lucrative new market by embracing pipe bursting technology

Being an Early Adopter of New Technology Can Separate a Business From the Pack

 The crew at A&A Construction and Utilities in Baltimore includes (from left) Bruni, Raul, Miguel, Kenneth, Fidel, owner Jerome Stephens, Angel, Abel, Ever and Elliot — “we’re a first-name company,” Stephens says.

Zigging while others zag can be a risky but fruitful business philosophy.

Consider Jerome Stephens, for example, who decided about 18 years ago to take his company, then called A&A Plumbing, in a different direction by embracing relatively new technology at the time: pipe...

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